An open letter from tech leaders about Donald Trump — his election would be a disaster

More than 100 technology leaders signed a letter naming Donald Trump a “disaster for innovation,” saying his views on immigration, internet security and government investment would stifle the technology industry and divide the nation.

Twitter co-founder Ev Williams, Box Chief Executive Officer Aaron Levie, EBay founder Pierre Omidyar, Qualcomm’s Irwin and Paul Jacobs, and venture capitalist Vinod Khosla were among company founders, investors and employees that endorsed the letter written by Katie Jacobs Stanton, former vice president of global media at Twitter and a former special adviser on innovation at the U.S. State Department. The values of diversity, an open exchange of ideas and regard for legal and political institutions are under threat from a potential Trump presidency, according to the letter…

Here’s a link to the letter.

While Republican candidates usually gain strong financial support through campaign donations, those in the technology industry have contributed $3 million to Democrat Hillary Clinton’s presidential effort compared with $31,000 for Trump, according to Crowdpac, a startup that tracks money in politics. The industry has donated a total of $10 million to presidential campaigns and super-political action committees thus far in the election cycle, according to the data.

The same link to the letter also lists who was involved in producing this letter.

3 thoughts on “An open letter from tech leaders about Donald Trump — his election would be a disaster

  1. Opinionated Mommy says:

    This man is a walking disaster! I say this as he has nothing to offer the country accept speeches that my four year old could write and speak on better than he could. But for some reason people are captivated with his bull shyt. “Lets make America great again.” Well Donald, when did American stop being great? People keep forgetting that Donald is a birther who denounced President Obama as a foreigner from Kenya, even though he was born in Hawaii. This man is dangerous and for some reason people don’t care that he presents like a moron, while other countries are laughing at us.

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